quimico
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I heard from U Chicago by mail.
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I just got an acceptance from MIT and I am in complete disbelief. Miracles do happen!
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I'm trying to start planning my visits/buy plane tickets. I called Susan Brighton at MIT today and asked whether my application was still being considered. She quickly replied that the department is definitely still calling and emailing people. Has anyone wanting to do physical or materials heard from MIT yet?
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I love that this forum as >20,000 views. We are all huge nerds.
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I got accepted to Cornell on 12/29/11. They said I was an early admit.
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For those (lucky!) individuals who have gotten accepted to MIT: First, congratulations! Second, are any of you going for materials/physical chemistry? I'm still holding out hope that my division (materials) hasn't me yet...
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Cornell: March 2-4 or March 30-April 1 U Chicago: February 16-18 or March 8-10 UNC Chapel Hill: March 9-12 or March 30 - April 1 Yale (General Chemistry): March 22nd-24th
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I just heard from U Chicago and UNC. So excited!!! Still crossing my fingers and toes on MIT.....I want this more than anything else!!
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And I meant division-by-division, not department-by-department.
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Regarding MIT's department-by-department decision making, does anyone have an idea of when those applying to materials may hear? Has anyone accepted to MIT who stated they want to go into materials heard back yet? I'm curious to hear, but at the same time I'm way nervous to hear
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Pnictides, There is only one full-length exam (from 1995) in the book (3rd edition was the one I had). In addition, the book has ~100 practice questions that are grouped by area (analytical, organic, etc). What I mean by 4 full tests is that when you take into account these 100 extra questions, plus the 1995, 2000, and 2006 full length tests, you basically have 4 whole tests to study from.
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I took it this past October and managed to score 860 (90%). Integral to doing well (at least for me) was getting my hands on official test material directly from ETS. Don't waste your time using any of the awful, error ridden prep books written by anyone else. Unfortunately, ETS no longer publishes "GRE: Practicing to Take the Chemistry Test" and if you search on websites like Ebay you'll find lots of A-holes who are trying to gouge (sometimes hundreds of $$$) those who are looking for it. If you're lucky, however, you can find a copy at a library like I did. The book is a gold mine. It has over 100 practice problems VERY similar to those I saw on my test. This book, in addition to the two practice tests from 2000 and 2006 available online, means having almost 4 whole tests to help you determine your weak areas. Then all you have to do is review those areas using your class notes and textbooks (assuming you didn't sell them back for beer money). Hope this helps. Good luck!
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anyone else applying for materials chemistry? i'm getting so anxious and have been obsessively checking my email. it's bad.